This man was killed when his rotting ship fell on him after he broke his vow to love his wife forever.Orpheus's lyre-playing saved this man's ship from the Sirens, and he sowed dragon's teeth whichsprouted into warriors and plowed a field with fire-breathing (*) bulls with the help of his wife Medea.For 10 points, name this Greek hero who led the Argonauts in the quest for the Golden Fleece.
According to one myth from this country, there were originally ten suns, but nine of them were shotout of the sky by the archer Houyi. This country's traditional folklore features legendary figures calledthe Eight Immortals and a deity known as the (*) Jade Emperor. Chang'e is the moon goddess of, for 10points, what country whose mythology was influenced by Confucianism and Taoism?
This man's sword had a scabbard which prevented its wearer from bleeding from any wounds. Thisman was mortally wounded despite defeating Mordred at the Battle of Camlann. This son of Uther (*)Pendragon was served by the wizard Merlin and the Knights of the Round Table. For 10 points, whatlegendary English king wielded Excalibur and pulled a sword from a stone?
This figure legendarily founded the city of Mycenae, and he fulfilled a prophecy when his discuskilled his grandfather Acrisius. This man's mother Danae was visited by Zeus in the form of a goldenshower. This hero used Athena's (*) reflective shield to kill a Gorgon, after which Pegasus was born.Andromeda's husband was, for 10 points, what Greek hero who slew Medusa?
Two wolves named Geri and Freki follow this deity around, and he owns a horse named Sleipnir.With his brothers Vili and Ve, this deity helped create the world by killing Ymir. Hugin and Munin aretwo (*) ravens that help this deity receive information from around the world. He is often known as theAllfather, has just one eye, and is the father of Thor. For 10 points, name this chief Norse god.
In one story, this deity transformed into a deer to trick the giants Otus and Ephialtes into killingeach other. This goddess turned the hunter Actaeon into a stag for spying on her while (*) bathing, andshe was born on the island of Ortygia a day before her twin brother, the god of the sun. For 10 points, namethis Greek goddess of the hunt and the moon, the twin sister of Apollo.
In Sumerian mythology, Utnapishtim is tasked by the god Enki with surviving one of these events.Deucalion and Pyrrha survived one of these events caused by Zeus by building a chest. God creates a(*) rainbow after one of these events in the Bible, during which two of every animal are brought on boardNoah's Ark. For 10 points, what sort of event was caused by rain for forty days and forty nights?
This goddess and her mother were venerated in the Eleusinian Mysteries, which celebrated herannual reunion with her mother. This goddess's mother caused the earth to become barren whilesearching for her. This goddess ate six (*) pomegranate seeds, meaning that she must spend six months ofevery year in the underworld. The daughter of Demeter is, for 10 points, what goddess abducted by Hades?
This hero defeated criminals such as Sciron, who asked him to wash his sandals, during one of hisjourneys. This hero received thread from Ariadne which he used to navigate the (*) Labyrinth. This heroreturned home with black sails on his ship, prompting his father Aegeus to jump off a cliff out of grief. For 10points, name this hero who was king of Athens and defeated the Minotaur.
Grandmother Spider successfully stole this object in a clay bowl according to one myth. The Incasworshipped Inti as the god of this object. The Aztecs believed that the current instance of this (*)celestial body was actually the fifth one created. For 10 points, name this object that, according to Greekmythology, was carried across the sky every day by the chariot of Helios.
Many gods in this myth system were depicted holding an ankh. In this myth system, dead souls arejudged by being weighed against Ma'at's feather of justice. The green-skinned god of the underworldin this myth system was called (*) Osiris, and believers in this myth system mummified their dead. For 10points, what ancient myth system featured animal-headed deities like Anubis and Isis?
Achilles owned two of these animals that were immortal and named Balius and Xanthos. Herculesfed Diomedes to some of these animals that he had raised to eat flesh. These animals were crossedwith fish in the mythical hippocampus. (*) Bellerophon captured a winged example of one of these animalsand used it to try to get to Mt. Olympus. For 10 points, what kind of animal was Pegasus?
[10] Name this Japanese myth system. Its deities are known as kami and its shrines often feature gates called torii.
[10] Many Shinto shrines feature large examples of these objects, called shimenawa in Japanese, which are tied around areas in which kami are believed to reside. They are typically made of rice straw or hemp and can be several feet thick.
[10] A special shimenawa known as a tsuna is worn by yokozuna, the highest-ranked competitors in a Japanese form of this sport called sumo, during formal ceremonies in which they stomp demons out of the ring.
[10] Name this Greek primordial deity, father of the Titans, who was defeated by his son, Kronos. He is the personification of the sky, and is the only specifically Greek deity to have a planet named after them.
[10] These fifty-headed, many-armed giants, another set of children of Ouranos and Gaia, helped the Olympians overthrow the Titans. They included Cottus, Gyges, and Briares.
[10] According to Hesiod, the fight between Kronos and Ouranos led to the birth of this Greek goddess of love and beauty after Ouranos's blood dripped into the sea.
[10] Describe this event, which Aeneas flees along with its survivors to go to Italy at the beginning of Virgil's Aeneid. A prophet named Cassandra warns of this event, but because of a curse from Apollo, nobody believes her.
[10] The sack of Troy occurs after Greek soldiers sneak into the city inside this large object, which they pretended to leave as a victory trophy.
[10] The Trojan Horse is discussed in the Odyssey, an epic poem by this ancient Greek author who also wrote the Iliad about the Trojan War.
[10] Name this Egyptian god who piloted the solar barque and fought the serpent Apep.
[10] Ra was also sometimes fused with this other falcon-headed deity, the rival of Set.
[10] One of these body parts belonging to Horus was a common protective symbol in Ancient Egypt. In Greek mythology, Argus Panoptes was a giant who had a hundred of these body parts.
[10] Name these edifices which can be closed to seal off the entrance to temples or other buildings. Examples of them allowed people to pass through the walls of Rome.
[10] The Romans believed that this two-faced deity was the God of Gates. The aforementioned gate in Rome was named for him.
[10] The Gates to the Underworld, meanwhile, were said to be guarded by this three-headed dog.
[10] Name these animals which included Donn Cuailnge (don cool-nuh). In Greek mythology, the three-headed Geryon owned a magnificent red herd of these livestock animals.
[10] This hero defended Ulster during the cattle raid. Born Setanta, this hero wielded the fearsome spear Gae Bolg and received his name after killing a guard dog.
[10] Cú Chulainn is a central figure in the mythology of this island. Fionn Mac Cumhaill (finn mac cool) consumes the Salmon of Knowledge in another myth from this Celtic island.
[10] Name this city in modern-day Italy, named for the brother of Remus. It eventually became the center of an empire whose gods included Jupiter, Mars, and Pluto.
[10] Romulus and Remus were legendarily raised by one of these creatures, who were honored in the festival of Lupercalia.
[10] After Romulus and Remus were abandoned on the banks of this river, its god saved them. This third-longest river in Italy flows through Rome.
[10] After this Mesopotamian love goddess is rejected by Gilgamesh, she unleashes the Bull of Heaven on him, leading to the death of his friend Enkidu.
[10] This giant lumberjack in American folklore is accompanied by Babe the Blue Ox.
[10] The goat Heiðrún (HAY-dhroon) grazes from the tree Læraðr (LIE-rah-dhur) atop this location, and produces vast quantities of mead. This giant hall owned by Odin is the final resting place for the einherjar (AIN-hair-yaar), the souls of fallen warriors, who are led to this place by valkyries.
[10] Identify this event whose name means "Fate of the Gods" in Old Norse. During this event, Odin will be swallowed whole by the wolf Fenrir.
[10] During Ragnarök, this god of thunder will kill and be killed by the sea serpent Jörmungandr (YOR-moon-gahn-der). He is probably better known for wielding the weapon Mjölnir (myol-neer).
[10] Heimdallr will blow the Gjallarhorn (GYAH-lar-horn) to warn the occupants of this home of the gods about Ragnarök starting. In another myth, a giant and his horse attempted to build walls around this location.
[10] Name this hero whom Eurystheus tasked with performing twelve seemingly impossible labors, such as cleaning the Augean Stables.
[10] Heracles' first task was to kill this beast, whose golden fur was impervious to all weapons. He defeated it by strangling, and used its fur as his armor.
[10] Another of Heracles' labors was to kill this many-headed serpent, which would grow multiple additional heads whenever one was chopped off. He slew it by burning the stumps after beheading it so they couldn't regrow.
[10] Zeus abducted this woman, King Minos’s mother, in the form of a bull. Her brother Cadmus brought the alphabet to Greece.
[10] Zeus was once married to Thetis, a leader of the Nereids who gave birth to this warrior. Thetis dipped him in the River Styx, causing him to be invulnerable except for his heel.
[10] Zeus employed this nymph to distract Hera during his affairs with lengthy conversations, leading Hera to curse her to only repeat the last words said to her. She eventually fell in love with Narcissus.
[10] Name these people whose mythology includes the giant Rainbow Serpent, who swallows the Wawalag sisters and then regurgitates them to create the land in one creation myth.
[10] The Aboriginal people, whose groups include the Guugu Yimithirr (koo-koo yih-mih-ter), are native to this country. This landmass was colonized by British explorers who first established a settlement at what is now its largest city of Sydney.
[10] During the colonial period, many Aboriginal groups adopted myths of a white man with this name visiting Australia and changing the social order. An actual British captain with this name made the first European landing on Australia.